Below are the major releases for next week, organized by day, including expectations and previous release values:

Monday, May 15

• 8:30am: USD – Empire State Manufacturing Index
  • Expectation: -1.9
  • Previous: 10.8

Tuesday, May 16

• 2:00am: GBP – Claimant Count Change
  • Expectation: 31.2K
  • Previous: 28.2K
• 8:30am: CAD – CPI m/m
  • Previous: 0.5%
• 8:30am: CAD – Median CPI y/y
  • Previous: 4.6%
• 8:30am: CAD – Trimmed CPI y/y
  • Previous: 4.4%
• 8:30am: USD – Core Retail Sales m/m
  • Expectation: 0.3%
  • Previous: -0.8%
• 8:30am: USD – Retail Sales m/m
  • Expectation: 0.7%
  • Previous: -1.0%
• 9:30pm: AUD – Wage Price Index q/q
  • Expectation: 0.9%
  • Previous: 0.8%

Wednesday, May 17

• 5:50am: GBP – BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
• 9:30pm: AUD – Employment Change
  • Expectation: 25.0K
  • Previous: 53.0K
• 9:30pm: AUD – Unemployment Rate
  • Expectation: 3.5%
  • Previous: 3.5%

Thursday, May 18

• 8:30am: USD – Unemployment Claims
  • Expectation: 260K
  • Previous: 264K
• 11:00am: CAD – BOC Gov Macklem Speaks

Friday, May 19

• 11:00am: USD – Fed Chair Powell Speaks

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.